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bore

1  [bawr, bohr] verb, bored, bor⋅ing, noun
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–verb (used with object)
1. to pierce (a solid substance) with some rotary cutting instrument.
2. to make (a hole) by drilling with such an instrument.
3. to form, make, or construct (a tunnel, mine, well, passage, etc.) by hollowing out, cutting through, or removing a core of material: to bore a tunnel through the Alps; to bore an oil well 3000 feet deep.
4. Machinery. to enlarge (a hole) to a precise diameter with a cutting tool within the hole, by rotating either the tool or the work.
5. to force (an opening), as through a crowd, by persistent forward thrusting (usually fol. by through or into); to force or make (a passage).
–verb (used without object)
6. to make a hole in a solid substance with a rotary cutting instrument.
7. Machinery. to enlarge a hole to a precise diameter.
8. (of a substance) to admit of being bored: Certain types of steel do not bore well.
–noun
9. a hole made or enlarged by boring.
10. the inside diameter of a hole, tube, or hollow cylindrical object or device, such as a bushing or bearing, engine cylinder, or barrel of a gun.
Origin:
bef. 900; ME; OE borian; c. OHG borōn, ON bora, L forāre

Related forms:
bore⋅a⋅ble, bor⋅a⋅ble, adjective

Synonyms:
1. perforate, drill. 10. caliber.

bore

2  [bawr, bohr] verb, bored, bor⋅ing, noun
–verb (used with object)
1. to weary by dullness, tedious repetition, unwelcome attentions, etc.: The long speech bored me.
–noun
2. a dull, tiresome, or uncongenial person.
3. a cause of ennui or petty annoyance: repetitious tasks that are a bore to do.
Origin:
1760–70; of uncert. orig.

Synonyms:
1. fatigue, tire, annoy.

Antonyms:
1. amuse; thrill, enrapture.

bore

4  [bawr, bohr]
–verb
pt. of bear 1 .
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bore 1   (bôr, bōr)   
v.   bored, bor·ing, bores

v.   tr.

  1. To make a hole in or through, with or as if with a drill.

  2. To form (a tunnel, for example) by drilling, digging, or burrowing.

v.   intr.

  1. To make a hole in or through something with or as if with a drill: "three types of protein that enable the cells to bore in and out of blood vessels" (Elisabeth Rosenthal).

  2. To proceed or advance steadily or laboriously: a destroyer boring through heavy seas.

n.  

  1. A hole or passage made by or as if by use of a drill.

  2. A hollow, usually cylindrical chamber or barrel, as of a firearm.

  3. The interior diameter of a hole, tube, or cylinder.

  4. The caliber of a firearm.

  5. A drilling tool.


[Middle English boren, from Old English borian.]
bore 2   (bôr, bōr)   
tr.v.   bored, bor·ing, bores
To make weary by being dull, repetitive, or tedious: The movie bored us.
n.  One that is wearingly dull, repetitive, or tedious.

[Origin unknown.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

bore 
O.E. borian "to bore," from bor "auger," from P.Gmc. *boron, from PIE base *bhor-/*bhr- "to cut with a sharp point" (cf. Gk. pharao "I plow," L. forare "to bore, pierce," O.C.E. barjo "to strike, fight," Alb. brime "hole"). The meaning "diameter of a tube" is first recorded 1572; hence fig. slang full bore (1936) "at maximum speed," from notion of unchoked carburetor on an engine. Sense of "be tiresome or dull" first attested 1768, a vogue word c.1780-81, possibly a figurative extension of "to move forward slowly and steadily."
"The secret of being a bore is to tell everything." [Voltaire, "Sept Discours en Vers sur l'Homme," 1738]
Boredom "state of being bored" first recorded 1852; boring "wearisome" is from 1840.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Legal Dictionary

Main Entry: bore
past of BEAR
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: 2bore
Pronunciation: 'bO(&)r, 'bo(&)r
Function: noun
1 : the long usually cylindrical hollow part of something (as atube or artery)
2 : the internal diameter of a tube (as a hypodermic needle, catheter, or sound) bore catheter> bore>
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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